We're a bit tardy to this, as the vote is today, but the Curmudgeon wanted to be fully on record: Democratic House members would be making a huge mistake if they elected John Murtha to the post of House Majority Leader.
While we admire Murtha's forceful early view on the Iraq war, he is the WRONG guy, by far, to be the Dems number 2 in the House. In fact, it's pretty much like putting in a Democratic version of Tom DeLay.
Murtha has long been on the wrong side of ethics issues in Congress, beginning with his involvement in the Abscam scandal, continuing with his opposition to various ethics reform bills, and ending with his notorious endorsement of rampant earmarking as a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee.
One of the reasons Dems swept the recent election was voter revulsion at Republican corruption. Putting Murtha in the #2 post will surely give Republicans something to shoot back at.
And while we're at it: No way should Democrat Alcee Hastings be appointed chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Hastings has the distinction of being the only federal judge this century to be removed from office by impeachment. And the stuff he was impeached for--bribery, jury tampering--is serious business.
C'mon Democrats--let's at least try to distinguish ourselves.
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